31 July 2011 Another Month Down

Typically I am not a fast riser.  Oh I have set speed records getting to the bridge of a ship, when I awake to the fire alarm sounding, but otherwise I prefer to take about ten minutes to come to full consciousness.  This morning however, Amy coolly informed me, at 0630, that she had locked the dog outside at 0500.  That prodded me out of bed rather fast to find a verrry excited little puppy waiting at the screen door.  He promptly engaged me in a wrestling match before I even got a cup of coffee.

Since I was awake I started getting work done, and actually accomplished a fair bit prior to our first guests making an appearance.  After making coffee, feeding the dog, feeding the sourdough, feeding myself, making salad dressing, making hummus, and filling the cistern, I cleaned the bathrooms and guest quarters (this last with Amy’s help), before the crew of the boat who over nighted in the Cove made it up at 0930.  Not your typical lazy Sunday morning, but not too shabby either. 

The only other item on my list was to complete the North Trail by making the two forks connect into a complete loop.  This did not happen.  I made it out to the end, cleared maybe another 100’ of trail, and then was completely overwhelmed with flies.  I lack the adjectives to describe how awful the horse flies are out here right now; I am about ready to cede control of the island to them at this point.

Having to abandon the North Trail to winged pests was not really a problem however, as from about 1100 onwards we had a very steady stream of visitors.  This was to be expected as the seas never got above 2’, and with a sunny day, and the temp closing on 80F, why wouldn’t people go boating?  This parade of folks included my folks, coming to visit with lunch & the errant cell phone, and bring along some of our mutual friends to boot.   Our final visitor of the day came up just past 1800 with her two border collies to give them, and Darcy as it turned out, a run.  After that the normal nighttime routine commenced, shutting down the island, eating dinner, and lazing around before it’s a decent bedtime.